You know, childhood should come with a warning label because the things we do as children can haunt us as adults, but we grow and learn and forgive and forget.
I am one of those annoying FACEBOOK people. I love it. I got out of a very isolated relationship and was encouraged by some of my friends to join the social community and get re-acquainted with all the people that I had gone to school with. I am happy to say that I am no longer isolated. I've re-met some really treasured old friends and I've made a whole bunch of new ones.
I don't usually use the chat module as I don't have time for it, but I did happen to click it on the other night..and was surprised by a chat with someone that I really hadn't had much contact in many years.
This person was wracked with guilt over some things that had happened in our childhood. She and I had been friends of sorts, but she was maybe a little bit mean to me. To be honest...I do remember some really fun times that I had with her, and that's all I remember about it. She was genuinely remorseful for the things she had done and asked for forgiveness. Of course I gave it. That seemed to give her some measure of peace and we ended our chat on good terms...and I even asked her to call me sometime if she felt she needed someone to talk to.
I find it amazing how we carry all those things that we've done and that we've had done to us throughout our lives. We have to make choices. Do we let the bad things poison us? Do we let it color the rest of our existence to the extent that we become bitter and nasty? I choose the other path....just let it go. What's done is done, learn from it, forgive the past and move on.
seems a much healthier choice to me.
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